Woodward and Nine Mile is Metro Detroit's closest thing to a gayborhood. It's also a hipster haven -- but hip without being pretentious. Downtown Ferndale keeps the chain stores at bay and is a hub for ethnic dining (Ethiopian, Mideastern, Japanese, Thai, etc. are all here). This is the place to find shops both vintage and kitschy, dining both swanky and dive, and bars both uber hip and sublimely laid back.
When dining with this web designer, foodie blogger and underground chef, just say, "I'll have what he's having."
It has to be good for this city bird to fly the coup for a 'burb, but now and then shopping for handmade urban crafty items, half-off good veggie food and the odd indie folk band will lure her away from the city.
Jen likes her Thai medium-hot, her movies with beer attached, and she knows a place where you can bring your own bottle, which hardly ever happens around here.
A restaurateur, designer and developer, and owner of two restaurant/cafe hot spots, he's attracted by good design, vintage finds and cuisine with a conscience.
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